bob, these projections... they're... optimistic. productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy... logistics. ups came in, analyzed our supply chain, inventory systems... ups? ups. not fantasy? who would have thought? i did. we did, bob. we did. got it. . >>> another day, another step closer to the edge. talking about the fiscal cliff, of course. how are traders protecting themselves from the worst? let's find out from brian stoutman, an expert in hedging your portfolio against volatility. brian, good to have you with us. how are traders like yourself looking to protect themselves? >> well, certainly midday we saw options traders in the pit buying protection against their portfolio or shorting the market by buying some puts. what they did is went into the spiders, and we saw a purchase of about 5,000 puts of the 141 strength for 2.35. these options expire in two weeks so they are weekly type options and saw a lot of activity. the vix spiked extremely hard in